Stories about: Dreamcast

Bill Kendrick is a software machine. He is the lead designer and developer of New Breed Software, a company creating free and open source games, libraries, tools and utilities across a range of operating systems, mobile devices, hand held and home video consoles. He has personally created a diverse range of classic Web-based games that run across all browsers, and has worked as a professional video game developer since 2003.

Hype is the coin of the realm in the technology business. If you listen to vendors and the media, it may sometimes seem as though every new product, service, concept or even security threat will be the Next Big Thing. Some live up to all the fuss, but many don't -- and some fail spectacularly.

Users of Sega's Dreamcast gaming console will now be able to surf Web sites and play games that use the popular Java programming language, because the latest version of Dreamcast's Internet browser comes with built-in Java support.

To "stop the hemmorhaging" from a money-losing business, Sega says it plans to withdraw from the videogame hardware market in order to focus on developing games for competing game console companies Sony (SNE) and Nintendo, as well as for wireless devices and broadband-connected set-top boxes, says Peter Moore, president of Sega of America.

Consumers may have stayed tuned to their televisions and not their game consoles during the Olympics, but the lull in sales has failed to halt growth in the market, according to latest figures from Inform.

SAN FRANCISCO (09/12/2000) - A U.S. designer of high-speed memory interface technologies, Rambus Inc., late Monday said it has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to look into allegations of unlawful imports by South Korean company Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary, Hyundai Electronics America.

Growth in the games market for July was slow, as retailers felt the full impact of GST, according to market analyst Inform.

With more than 150 commercial Linux vendors at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, including industry heavyweights such as Compaq Computer, IBM, Computer Associates, Red Hat , and Corel, it was easy to overlook the people and organizations that truly make Linux what it is. Many attendees were no doubt taken in by the glitzy marketing blitz, by the magicians, acrobats, and flashy displays. Personally, I went to the Expo to meet the community. I wanted to know what was going on with the people who actually created Linux as we know it today. They are the ones who started developing for Linux on an old 386. They are the people who generally don't get paid a dime to work on their beloved operating system. I wanted to talk to the folks who get their hands dirty with Linux, the ones involved with KDE, GNOME (not Helix or Eazel), and GNU.

Nintendo is jumping into the highly competitive next-generation game console market with its Gamecube that it will being selling in Japan in July and in the US in October 2001, the company announced on Thursday.

Mario is moving his antics to the Internet.

Sony is facing an undercurrent of fear in the retail channel after it revealed plans last week to sell its much-hyped PlayStation 2 (PS2) gaming console direct via the Internet.